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No. 619,358. Patented Feb. l4, I899.

G. E. SPIECKER.

APPARATUS FOR MAKING TRIIIIMINGS.

(Applicaion filed may 28, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIQ'E.

GUSTAV EWALD SPIECKER, OF BARMEN, GERMANY.

APPARATUS FOR MAKING TRIMMINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 619,358, dated February 14, 1899.

Application filed May 28, 1898. Serial No. 682,061. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUs'rAv EWALD SPIECK- ER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Barmen, in the Province of Rhenish Prussia, Germany, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Making Trimmings for Ladies Dresses and the Like, (for which I have obtained a patent in Germany, Prov. No. Sch. 13,27 2 I 25, bearing date January 15, 1898; in France, Prov. No. 261,927, bearing date January 18, 1898; in Great Britain, No. 1,330, bearing date J anuary 18, 1898, and in Austria, Prov. No. Q. 110, bearing date April 9, 1898,) of which the following is a full and clear specification.

The trimmings or flounces used for ladies garments and the like have been hitherto made either by the dressmaker, who forms the flounced fabric by hand and fixes it to the dress by sewing, or they are produced by an embroidery-machine. Both manners of making flounces have their drawbacks,as they are troublesome and dear.

My invention has for its object a new and improved apparatus for making such flounces; and it consists in. an arrangement by which I guide the trimming cord or braid around pegs being positioned, according to the pattern, on a table-plate and sew them together at the crossing portions and ironing it after this operation, so that I finish on said table the trimmings, without the help of a machine, solely by a workman. As the apparatus is very simple and its attendance may be carried out by children, the trimmings thus produced are very cheap and nice.

The manner in which I carry my invention into effect is shown on the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan of the complete apparatus. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, partly in section; Fig. 3, a cross-section, and Figs. 4 and 5 are details of construction.

My flounced-fabric-producing apparatus is constructed as follows: Upon the legs a is arranged a bed I), of cast or sheet iron, in the form of a box of any convenient shape, which is left open at the top part, but closed by an iron plate 0, screwed thereupon. Into this plate, which has a smooth surface, are drilled or cut a plurality of holes or slots d, serving to receive pegs e, which extend over the tablesurface and are made conical or pointed; At the side of the frame I) is fixed thereto a bearing f, on which U-shaped pieces 9 are turnably fitted by bolts 9. The pieces 9 carry spindles h, around which turn the bobbins '5, fitted with trimming cord, lace, braid, or the like material of any form, color, and texture.

For making from this material the trimmings I proceed as follows: With the help of the pattern in which the trimming is to be car ried out I position the pegs e on the table, take a cord or lace, rolling it off from the bobbin, and guide it around the pegs, following the contours and lines of the prescribed pattern and taking care that the cord cannot turn of itself, which I prevent by rotating the bobbin left or right in the vertical direction. In this manner the trimming is formed on the table, showing exactly the same contours as the pattern. After this operation I sew the crossing portions together or fix the eyes, scallops, &c., of the trimmings, so that the same are held together as it is required, which I may easily carry out on the table without removing the flounces. Now I have made provision that the flounced portions in producing them lie always flat on the table, as it often happens that on account of the texture the cord is inclined to place itself around a peg in a sloping way. For this purpose I have fitted out the apparatus with a pressing device of the following construction: To the frame I) are cast bearings, by means of which a square shaped bar is held, passinglengthwise of the apparatus, without being able to be moved in any way. This rod serves as support for a guide-block Z, that may be shifted lengthwise along the length edge of the apparatus. To the block 1 is pivotally secured, by means of a pintle m, a slotted guide-head n, the slot running at right angles to the bar 70. A correspondingly-shaped rod 0 passes through the slot and may be shifted therein at will, so that by means of the combined movements, length and cross wise, the point of the rod can be adjusted with respect to every hole or slot cl in the table-plate c, and consequently can press the flounced portion on the table, for

which purpose a coil-spring is rolled on the pintle'mand presses with one end underneath the guide-head n, as will be best understood from Figs. 4 and 5. The cord is thus forced to lie suitably on the table. It can be freed of the rod 0 by pressing its back end downward. I can arrange a number of these pressing devices on the bar It. However, a few of them will be sufficient, as the portions being once properly pressed down do not again change their positions arbitrarily.

The finished fabric before being ready for use must be ironed or pressed fiat. I make this operation also on the working table 0 without withdrawing the fabric, as will be understood from the following: In the interior of the box I) are arranged a number of plates 1), which are pressed by means of coilsprings q against the table-plate c, preventing thus the falling through of the pegs e, which fit loosely into their corresponding holes; but they allow the pegs to recede if they are weighted, which is the case when by means of a smoothing iron the fabric is ironed. This operation is shown in Fig. 2. 1' indicates the iron, and s the finished fabric, which after being moistened is smoothed by said iron without being displaced, as it is held in position by the pegs e, that still engage the eyes of the trimming in being pressed by the springs (1 against the iron.

What I claim, and desire'to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An apparatus for making flounced fabrics consisting of a box 19, its top closed by a perforated table-plate 0 adapted to receive a plurality of pegs adjustable in position to set out a pattern, said pegs resting on plates p arranged in the box underneath the tableplate a, and held against it by springs in order to allow the pegs to recede beneath the table-plate to allow the passage of a smoothing-iron over the work, as set forth.

2. In combination with an apparatus for making flounced fabrics, a pressing device for the cord or braid, consisting of a rod 0, mounted to slide in a guide-head at, said head being pivoted to a guide-block l, which is adjustable lengthwise on a rod is, the horizontal rod 0 being controlled by a spring to bear upon the table-plate supporting the said arm 70, as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAV EWALD SPIECKER.

Witnesses:

R. E. JAHN, OTTO KoNIG. 

